Capital allocation and timely accounting recognition of economic losses

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-33

  Bushman, Robert M ^a   Piotroski, Joseph D ^b   Smith, Abbie J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting; Governance; Investment; Timely Loss Recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952597709     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2010.02231.x     Document Type: Article

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